Interview with bitsbubba - Creator of Newbie Friendly Ware

Published on 09-16-2011 01:00 PM

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I recently had a chance to ask bitsbubba, the winner of last's month's first ever PSX-Scene developer contest a few questions, and discuss the Newbie Friendly Project, that is known as NFW. Named by me(tthousand), and created by bitsbubba, it became a mission to bring back the term CFW, and MFW, and to help teach people who had not known those terms, what they are and what they mean. We are proud to say many noobs and enthusiasts alike, around the world, have been enjoying Newbie Friendly Ware and based on the response to the first developer contest we are looking forward to see what is coming for future contests!

Why did you decide to make this CFW? Was it for the contest, or for other reasons?

I prefer Cosmetic MFW, why the first because I'm a helper and some users that never used PS3MFW Builder wanted the newly discovered Cinavia patch (actually not even a patch, just replacing retail files with debug files) so that was the first NFW, a basic MFW with Cinavia disabled. For the contest? No, as I didn't really even think of the contest when I built it!

How did you create the very first NFW? From the begining...

The first one, well I actually answered that in the first question, it was nothing just basically all PS3MFW Builder.

However I saw it was quite popular so that's when I decided to step it up and actually build something. Then came NFW v2 with this one I added a homebrew category which I named "the Homebrew Channel in honor of Team Twiizers members Marcan & Bushing also of failOverFlow, change the name of app_home/PS3_GAME to read Start Game (disc-less) (actually since dongle days I've always used Play Game (disc-less) I changed it for NFW's release) plus removed icons,disabled Cinavia & spoofed (later un-spoofed).

With NFW v3 I received my Cobra USB so of course I added my change to Cobra CFW (for my own personal use, but then decided everyone should get to try it) since I had already added Package Manager to mine I thought I'd ask permission before releasing it & got the thumbs up from Cyberskunk.

Planning on any tutorials? How I made NFW, something... the people are hungry for NFW

Tutorials? And give away my secrets? No seriously I learned from other tutorials. Tools I used are out there available to every one, PS3MFW Builder v0.2 (I hear v0.3 going to be even easier to use), Notepad++ (XML), RCOmage (RCO), SFOedit (SFO), doz packer (PKG), REBUG, multiMAN, dev_blind (now incorporated into multiMAN), etc...

What words of advice do you have for a newbie getting into the scene, or even an year-one guy like myself?

Read, Analyze, Learn & Experiment (Cautiously)

What other things have you made, or are going to make Newbie Friendly?

I'm Planning at least one more release (NFW v3.3X3) and maybe a few more homebrew packs

What is the meaning of life?

There's a meaning? I haven't found it yet. I just live it day by day, you never know what tomorrow brings.

And... Just how Newbie Friendly is NFW?

Friendly enough for my 4 yr old

What was your opinion about the contest?

My opinion on the whole contest thing is I think it's a good idea, a good incentive, a good reason for others to get involved on developing for the PS3

Why did you participate, and was it fun?

I didn't mean to participate, but when I found out I was in the contest I had fun, competition is fun

Why do you think you won the contest?

I have some great supporters and friends here and plenty of them know I'm just here to help my fellow "Sceners"

Why do you think people liked your project?

It was different from the boring old FW (except REBUG, I just wish I could use it with the Cobra USB) plus I think they knew coming from me it would have technical support (seeing as I'm always here)

Were you surprised at how many 'likes' you received?

Yes definitely

And there you have it folks! Congratulations again go out to bitsbubba and we hope the $250 donation comes in handy. The work that bitsbubba did was awesome and we are looking forward to future updates from him as well as new submissions from the devs that are working hard to push this scene forward. That's all! Thanks to bitsbubba, for the interview, the NFW, and for always being helpful!

Be sure to stop by the NFW-Repository for all things NFW related!

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tthousands thoughts - A quote we all know to end this article, "Opinions are like ass****s, everyone has one & they all STINK!!"

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24 Comments

mega4000 - 09-16-2011, 02:35 PM
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Knowledge controls everything, and without cfw this scene cannot protect anything.. let alone his image. Seriously, everysingle day the news become more and more pathethic, I guess nobody can do a cfw because they are all insane buffons or primate chimps with no knowledge at all . Guess I'm gonna make one myself and go the mathew route in order to have some fun.

LiteSoul - 09-16-2011, 03:12 PM
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Many thanks for this interview and all you did bitsbubba and tthousand for the community!

deroad - 09-16-2011, 07:16 PM
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i want to say just a little thing that i don't understand.. wasn't the contest just for devs? because i always thought that modify a pup through MFW Builder doesn't make you a dev. i'm not against bitsbubba but i see his pup as a simple mod.

bitsbubba - 09-16-2011, 07:23 PM
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Originally Posted by deroad

i want to say just a little thing that i don't understand.. wasn't the contest just for devs? because i always thought that modify a pup through MFW Builder doesn't make you a dev. i'm not against bitsbubba but i see his pup as a simple mod.

I never said I was a dev (I call myself a builder [how about modder?]), maybe the first release was just a PS3MFW Builder mod, but v2 and v3 had mods not available in PS3MFW Builder. Isn't REBUG, KMEAW, Waninkoko & Hermes CFW all just pup mods.

deroad - 09-16-2011, 07:39 PM
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yhea, and that's why i don't understand why you won the contest. i probably need to read again the rules..

bitsbubba - 09-16-2011, 07:58 PM
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Originally Posted by deroad

yhea, and that's why i don't understand why you won the contest. i probably need to read again the rules..

develop means to create, as I created a Cosmetic MFW. point made!!

bitsbubba - 09-16-2011, 08:39 PM
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tthousand - 09-16-2011, 09:17 PM
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Originally Posted by deroad

yhea, and that's why i don't understand why you won the contest. i probably need to read again the rules..

The contest is open to everyone, from elite devs, to day-one newbies. If you can follow the rules, you can enter!

Originally Posted by bitsbubba

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HAMMERED!!

alkaliv2 - 09-17-2011, 12:44 AM
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Haters gonna hate. Maybe he just believed in the power of accutane. Either way, don't spend your $250 on it. It's bad for the kidneys.

bitsbubba - 09-17-2011, 12:48 AM
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Originally Posted by alkaliv2

Haters gonna hate. Maybe he just believed in the power of accutane. Either way, don't spend your $250 on it. It's bad for the kidneys.

it was his first post so he couldn't even post a link because of 30/30

deroad - 09-17-2011, 03:37 AM
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Originally Posted by tthousand

The contest is open to everyone, from elite devs, to day-one newbies. If you can follow the rules, you can enter!

mmm ok.

tthousand - 09-17-2011, 06:06 AM
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Originally Posted by deroad

mmm ok.

That is why I keep asking you about your release. I want to see you enter the contest too!

deroad - 09-17-2011, 11:22 AM
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Originally Posted by tthousand

That is why I keep asking you about your release. I want to see you enter the contest too!

well the problem is that i dont know very well SDL lib, so i'm fixing it very slowly.
this means that i don't know if i will release something in this month or the next one..

when i'll know how the SDL stuff works, i'll be able to make lots of projects, but i need some time to learn things

bitsbubba - 09-17-2011, 03:45 PM
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Originally Posted by deroad

well the problem is that i dont know very well SDL lib, so i'm fixing it very slowly.
this means that i don't know if i will release something in this month or the next one..

when i'll know how the SDL stuff works, i'll be able to make lots of projects, but i need some time to learn things

this months already half way over, I'd definitely wait till next month (I myself still have a few wrinkles that need ironed out)

toad404 - 09-18-2011, 05:06 PM
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first off id like tho thank you for the cfw i love it but i do have a problem that you might like to know. i have multiple tvs and surround sounds in my house but when i hook my modded ps3 with your new cfw up to my bose lifestyle surround i only get sound out of 3 speakers not including the sub. the only way i can get half ass surround sound is if i put the surround sound into a mono mode. any suggestions?

tthousand - 09-18-2011, 05:09 PM
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@toad404, just to clarify, so you can get the help you are looking for... With other CFW's the BOSE works fine? If so, have you re-tried the other CFWs since the problem began, and see if the problem is with NFW, or all CFWs?

toad404 - 09-18-2011, 05:43 PM
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tthousand, yes kmeaw worked fine before switching. and no i haven't switched back yet. plus im using rebug spoofer 3.70 this time. on another note the two other sony surround sounds i have work fine one is hdmi and the other is component, the bose is component.

tthousand - 09-18-2011, 05:49 PM
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Okay, so the BOSE worked fine on Kmeaw. And then you installed NFW, and now it does not work so great, right?

Did you change anything else, re-do any cables, anything else you can think of? Perhaps something became loose, or a setting was switched some how, some way.

Perhaps go in the settings and check them all to make sure they are right. Perhaps when you were on Kmeaw you went in and changed certain settings to achive the correct sound from the BOSE. I would go through the options and see if anything looks familiar.

toad404 - 09-18-2011, 06:26 PM
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changed nothing i also have a retail console that works fine no matter where i put it.

tthousand - 09-18-2011, 06:47 PM
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Like I stated, perhaps you have the retail set-up a certain way. Cross reference the retail settings with the jailbroken settings, and see if anything is different. Chances are you could but OFW or kmeaw on it, and it still would only give you the kind of support you are currently getting.